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Reckless - Potters Bar March 2014.
Oh Yes, thank you to"Al" without whom.......that is all

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GREAT MATCHES - LINCOLN CITY 2000-01

Lincoln
City have always been fierce rivals of our football club ever since
we went head to head in the 1987-88 Conference season.

The
highlights up until now for Barnet had been the 4-2 victory in that
season’s opening game and the 6-0 thrashing dished out as Sincil
Bank in 1991. This game had all the excitement of those games plus a
little more.

Danny
Naisbitt had recently taken over the Number 1 jersey from the
legendary Lee Harrison and he was to prove his worth with a stunning
last minute penalty save to thwart Gavin Gordon and secure a seven
goal thriller victory for Barnet.

Danny Naisbitt

After
26 minutes of the game however John Still’s team were 3-0 down and
simply not at the races. A brace from Gordon and a quality curling
finish from Richard Peacock had done the damage. Stuart Niven pulled
a goal back before half time with a shot from the edge of the box against
the run of play but it was obvious that Barnet were missing a
recently departed Paul Wilson in midfield and suspended Captain Greg
Heald in the heart of the defence.

In a
monsoon like downpour during the second half Barnet, playing with the
strong wind at their back produced a truly memorable performance to
turn the game on its head.

Warren Goodhind

On 52 minutes Warren Goodhind, now back to
somewhere near full fitness after sustaining a career threatening
broken leg at Hednesford United some two years earlier powered in a
header from a Darren Currie corner.

Omer Riza

After 77 minutes the equaliser
came after brilliant wing interplay between full back Sam Stockley
and Currie. Stockley’s pass found Omer Riza on the right touchline
who proceeded to wriggle his way past at least four Imps defenders
and coolly slot the ball past Alan Marriott.

Three
minutes later the comeback was complete – another deadly accurate
corner kick from Currie found an unmarked Tony Richards who had
stolen in behind the defence to head the winner.

Tony Richards

The
drama was not quite over as the clock ticked into injury time - Mark
Arber was adjudged to have fouled Gavin Gordon as he homed in on
goal. Danny Naisbitt guessed right and parried the ball to safety.

My other abiding memory of the game was from the centre of the ET where I watched that day - 3 seriously moody Lincoln fans were standing among us which of course would not normally be tolerated but a couple of them and one guy in particular was so imposing - he looked like a younger version of Brick Top from the film Snatch. After their second goal, which they all politely applauded rather that have a "disco" he turned to me and said "Mate don't look so glum Lincoln will fuck this up believe me, we've seen it so many times!". With that a Steward about half his size came up and politely suggested that they are in a home area and he would escort them to the away area. "Oh sorry mate we didn't realise it was segregated, lead on.". With that he said to me "Enjoy the game" and disappeared. To this day I often think, was it a front or was he just an ordinary nice geezer?